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Vladimir the Great, Grand prince of Kievan Rus' (born c. 958)

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Vladimir the Great

Grand Prince of Kiev from 978 to 1015

Vladimir I Sviatoslavich or Volodymyr I Sviatoslavych, given the epithet "the Great", was Prince of Novgorod from 970 and Grand Prince of Kiev from 978 until his death in 1015. The Eastern Orthodox Church canonised him as Saint Vladimir.
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Grand prince

Title of nobility

Grand prince or great prince is a hereditary title, used either by certain monarchs or by members of certain monarchs' families.
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Kievan Rus'

State in Europe (c. 880 to 1240)

Kievan Rus', also known as Kyivan Rus', was the first East Slavic state and later an amalgam of principalities in Eastern Europe from the late 9th to the mid-13th century. Encompassing a variety of polities and peoples, including East Slavic, Norse, and Finnic, it was ruled by…
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